I’ve never been one of those people who has 1,000 friends and I know what is going on with all of them. Shoot, I am doing pretty well if I know what my work schedule is for the week. I tend to have a few close friends and a lot of acquaintances. With the addition of all kinds of “networking” sites like Facebook and MySpace and Twitter it has become possible to be involved- or at least electronically involved- in the lives of more people than ever. I know a lot of people who’s Facebook profile states that they have 300 plus friends. This always makes me very impressed. I have, um, 167. But apparently, not even that many. Today, a Facebook friend of mine commented on my status. I looked carefully at this gal’s picture and realized that I had no idea who this person was. Investigating her profile, it became quite clear that I knew her from work and I am certain that if I sat and thought about it for a while that I could figure out who she was and how I came to know her. But, really, what is the use of a relationship that is made out of something so flimsy that you can not even recall the details or the person behind it? Technology has allowed us to be connected with so many more people, but at a level much less deep. Sometimes I wish that people would call instead of send me a Facebook message or invite me out to coffee instead of sending me an email.